The Veteran's service-connected gunshot wound, left foot with fracture of the second metatarsal is rated at 30 percent. The appeal for a separate evaluation for digital nerve dysesthesia and a tender scar on the sole of the left foot is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examination confirmed the presence of neurological impairment and a tender scar, warranting separate evaluations.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Disorder, Low Back Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 7, 2011
- Citation
- 1100796
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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